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1. A method for use in a packet switched network, comprising carrying descriptor information relating to options for stream adaptation in the packet switched network using an existing QoS-NSLP QoS Model (QOSM) of Next Step in Signaling (NSIS) signaling protocol to embed the descriptor information, wherein NSLP is an abbreviation for NSIS Signaling Layer Protocol and wherein the descriptor information comprises Layer Independent Descriptor (LID) information and a Label to Codepoint Converter that includes: a Label From portion including a LID label that is to be mapped to a given DiffSery Code Point value; a Label To portion including the last LID label and corresponding DiffSery Code Point value if a given range of LID labels is to be mapped; and a Code Point portion that includes the appropriate DiffSery Code Point to which the corresponding LID label is to be mapped.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the QOSM model used for carrying the descriptor information is a dedicated QoS-NSLP QoS Model.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the QOSM model used for carrying the descriptor information is a non-dedicated QoS-NSLP QoS Model.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising carrying the descriptor information in at least one dedicated QoS Specification (QSPEC) parameter.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the dedicated QSPEC parameter is provided in a non-dedicated QSPEC object.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the non-dedicated QSPEC object is a QoS Desired QSPEC object.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein parameters in the non-dedicated QSPEC object other than the dedicated QSPEC parameter are set to their minimum respective allowable values.
8. The method of claim 4 , further comprising setting a flag in a header of the dedicated QSPEC parameter so as to indicate an at least partial lack of support for or lack of acceptance of the dedicated QSPEC parameter.
9. The method of claim 4 , further comprising setting a flag in a header of the dedicated QSPEC parameter so as to indicate support for or acceptance of the dedicated QSPEC parameter.
10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising carrying the descriptor information in at least one dedicated QoS Specification (QSPEC) object.
11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising carrying the descriptor information in a NSIS RESERVE message.
12. The method of claim 1 , comprising carrying the descriptor information in a NSIS QUERY message.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein carrying the descriptor information further comprises receiving, processing, generating, distributing, transmitting or using the descriptor information in any way.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the descriptor information comprises cross-layer information.
15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the descriptor information comprises General Cross-layer Information Forwarding (GCIF) information.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the LID descriptor information comprises a LID Traffic Class information field and optionally any one or more of a Label to Codepoint Converter information field, a Packet Drop Preference information field, a Protection Preference information field, a Truncation Preference information field, and a Bandwidth Partitioning information field.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the LID descriptor comprises a LID label in each information field, wherein the LID label groups the information fields in order to form the LID descriptor which describes the given stream.
18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the descriptor information further comprises a LID Traffic Class that includes: a Traffic Class portion including a traffic class category to which the descriptor is applied; a Procedure Indicator portion including a LID distribution mode depending on an applied LID type; a Rate Adaptation Method portion for determining which rate adaptation mechanism is to be applied on packet payloads belonging to a transmitted stream; a Delivery of Erroneous Media Frames portion including an indication whether a corrupted media frame should be forwarded or dropped immediately; and a Number of Labels portion including a number of valid LID labels used by the stream sending application.
19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the descriptor information further comprises a Packet Drop Preference that includes the following portions: a Label portion including a LID label; a Significant portion including a significant bit indicating whether a carried payload of a packet is to be discarded for a decoding process; a Frame Type portion including a type of a frame carried by the payload; and a Drop Preference portion including corresponding importance of the frame carried by the payload.
20. The method of claim 1 , wherein the descriptor information further comprises a Protection Preference that includes the following portions: a Label portion including a LID label; a Length Notation Type portion including a measure type of a protected part; a Length of the Protected Part portion including a length of the protected part; and a Bit Error Ratio portion including a maximum allowed bit error ratio for the protected part.
21. The method of claim 1 , wherein the descriptor information further comprises a Truncation Preference that includes the following portions: a Label portion including a LID label; a Length Notation Type portion including a measure type of a protected part; a Significant portion including a significant bit indicating whether a carried payload of a packet is to be discarded for a decoding process; a Truncation Option portion including detailed information on enhanced packet truncation options; and a Truncation Point portion including explicit truncation points of the payload.
22. The method of claim 1 , wherein the descriptor information further comprises Bandwidth Partitioning that includes the following portions: a Label portion including a LID label; a Unit portion including a measure unit of required bandwidth; and a Bandwidth portion including a measured amount of bandwidth in the measure unit.
23. The method of claim 1 , wherein carrying descriptor information further comprises distributing descriptor information in the packet switched network, wherein the descriptor information relates to options for stream adaptation in the packet switched network.
24. The method of claim 1 , wherein the descriptor information relates to options for media stream adaptation in the packet switched network.
25. A method for carrying descriptor information relating to options for stream adaptation in a packet switched network in a PATH SENDER-TSPEC object included in a RSVP PATH message using a RSVP signaling protocol, and wherein the descriptor information comprises Layer Independent Descriptor (LID) information and a Label to Codepoint Converter that includes: a Label From portion including a LID label that is to be mapped to a given DiffSery Code Point value; a Label To portion including the last LID label and corresponding DiffSery Code Point value if a given range of LID labels is to be mapped; and a Code Point portion that includes the appropriate DiffSery Code Point to which the corresponding LID label is to be mapped.
26. The method of claim 25 , further comprising carrying the descriptor information in a sender descriptor part of the RSVP PATH message.
27. The method of claim 26 , further comprising using a dedicated descriptor information object in the sender descriptor part.
28. An apparatus for use in a packet switched network comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to carry descriptor information relating to options for stream adaptation in the packet switched network using an existing QoS-NSLP QoS Model (QOSM) of Next Step in Signaling (NSIS) signaling protocol to embed the descriptor information, and wherein the descriptor information comprises Layer Independent Descriptor (LID) information and a Label to Codepoint Converter that includes: a Label From portion including a LID label that is to be mapped to a given DiffSery Code Point value; a Label To portion including the last LID label and corresponding DiffSery Code Point value if a given range of LID labels is to be mapped; and a Code Point portion that includes the appropriate DiffSery Code Point to which the corresponding LID label is to be mapped.
29. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the processor is configured to carry descriptor information relating to options for stream adaptation in the packet switched network using the NSIS signaling protocol and the NSIS signaling protocol includes a QoS NSIS Entity (QNE).
30. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the QNE comprises a QoS NSIS Initiator (QNI).
31. The apparatus of claim 29 , wherein the QNE comprises a QoS NSIS Receiver (QNR).
32. The apparatus of claim 28 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform at least one of: receive the descriptor information; process the descriptor information; generate the descriptor information; distribute the descriptor information; transmit the descriptor information; and use the descriptor information in any way.
33. An apparatus for use in a packet switched network comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to carry descriptor information relating to options for stream adaptation in the packet switched network in a PATH SENDER-TSPEC object included in a RSVP PATH message using a RSVP signaling protocol and the processor further comprises a RSVP Router, and wherein the descriptor information comprises Layer Independent Descriptor (LID) information and a Label to Codepoint Converter that includes: a Label From portion including a LID label that is to be mapped to a given DiffSery Code Point value; a Label To portion including the last LID label and corresponding DiffSery Code Point value if a given range of LID labels is to be mapped; and a Code Point portion that includes the appropriate DiffSery Code Point to which the corresponding LID label is to be mapped.
34. The apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the RSVP Router includes a descriptor information broker function.
35. The apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the apparatus further comprises a RSVP Host.
36. The apparatus of claim 35 , wherein the RSVP Host includes user preferences and a terminal capability function.
37. The apparatus of claim 35 , wherein the RSVP Host includes a codec and a third party settings function.
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December 31, 2013
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